Photography, random posts and very little about kebabs.
As with the RoseBowl I wasn’t going to enter this one, however due to such a poor entry list so far I thought i’d add a couple of digital and single print entry to the list.
First up is a collection of old doors in Digbeth – hoping to capture the essence of by-gone industry.
Next up is a few piers from Devon.
Finally from the print side, 3 instax prints on a single mount. 2nd year I’ve tried this. We’ll see what the judge thinks this year.
Despite winning it previously I tend not to enter this completion much, but this this year I thought why not. The rose bowl competition is DPI only so there’s less for me to do in terms of getting images ready.
My two entries this year are:
The Drip – a swan taken on a walk around Earlswood lakes.
The Wreck – taken on Instow beach.
With both images I’ve applied a process known as the Orton effect – it’s a duplicated layer with gaussian blur / exposure / blending applied. It’s generally better for landscape images – but I’ve given it a go here to see what happens.
I’ve not decided if I’ll enter the 3 of a kind competition yet, but I might chuck in another Fuji Instax panel again!
……and I’m quite pleased to be honest.
My smoking break print was 2nd and the city reflections was highly commended. With regards to digital, the Church was highly commended but the Millennium point image didn’t register a thing.
So points on the board after the first round is always a good thing.
It should be 5 points for the print and 3 points for the digital. With regards to points only your highest awarded image/print is scored.
Here are the two selections for the PDI side of the first quarterly competition.
First image, titled Millennium Point.
Taken on one of my lunch time walks at work. Fujifilm X-E3, XF28mm, ƒ8 – 1/420 – iso200
The Second image is titled: The Church
Fujifilm X-Pro2, XF18-55mm, ƒ6.4 – 2min – iso200 – SRB ND1000 Filter fitted.
I wanted a slow exposure to capture a ghostly image of the minister as the service was conducted. A bit of negative Dehaze tool has created a HDR effect.
In a change from most years, this season I’ve decided to take the print competitions more seriously. One of the main reasons is we struggle with prints in the Interclub competitions – so anything I can do to help this season has got to be worth it. Previously I’ve talked about printing and came to the conclusion that a lab print is better value with the limited quantity of prints required for the year (10 probably would cover them – I tend never to re-enter any of my images more than once).
So the first two prints are ones that have been viewed 4000 times between them on Flickr.
The left image is titled Cigarette Break (Fire Office Passage, Birmingham). It’s in my top ten with 2,800 views.
Technical Details: Fujifilm X-E3 – XF27mm – ƒ/2.8 – 1/950 – iso200
Printed by Steve at Palm Labs on Kodak Endura Matt Paper.
The right image is titled City Refections (Shine and Shade on Flickr) – Taken from the back of Grand Central Station (Birmingham). This one is a little less successful as it’s propping up the top 20 with 1822 views.
Technical Details: Fujifilm X-E3 – XF27mm – ƒ/5.0 – 1/55 – iso200
Printed by Steve at Palm Labs on Kodak Endura Metallic Paper – I’ve tried a number of images with this paper and it lifts with image a little – not too sure what will happen when viewed on the daylight balanced lightbox the club has though.
The intension with publishing of these images well before the submission date is to keep on top of where my images are going. I intend to do the same with the digital competition, however these last few weeks haven’t been great – so some things are slipping through the net a bit. Hopefully all back on track again soon.